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12/11/2011

More Fairtrade Abassadors complete their training!

17 people from Bristol took part in training on Saturday 12th November to become Fairtrade Ambassadors.

They will now assist the Bristol Fairtrade Network to raise awareness and sales of Fairtrade in the City, through actions and campaigns in workplaces, schools and community groups.





The Fairtrade Fortnight Awards recognise the amazing creativity, effort and impact of campaign groups who bring Fairtrade Fortnight to life each year in communities across the UK. 2011 saw more entries, and more difficult decisions for the judges than ever before. All winners and runners-up receive cash prizes of Ł500 - Ł700 to be reinvested in their campaigns, courtesy of the official award sponsors, The Co-operative Group.

Overall winners

Outstanding achievement: Bristol Fairtrade Network

Bristol campaigners built major partnerships with local and national organisations, actively reaching new and enormous audiences. Highlights included a fashion show in the middle of a busy shopping centre, Fairtrade Fiesta featuring local young rappers, and visit from a Nicaraguan Fairtrade coffee producer.
For more details and info of other awards click here

Maltesers is the UK’s third largest confectionery brand (after Cadbury Dairy Milk and Galaxy) so this is a major commitment by the company, and one which will deliver over $1 million in Fairtrade premiums each year to the small farmer cooperatives involved in West Africa. We can also confirm that the sugar and the vanilla in Maltesers will also be Fairtrade certified in line with our normal composite product policy.

As part of the broader agreement between Mars and Fairtrade, the aspiration is to progressively scale up the volumes of Fairtrade certified cocoa into their supply chain, particularly from West Africa. Fairtrade will be working with Mars, their supply chain partners and the Fairtrade cocoa networks in the region to identify the best ways to achieve the common vision we’ve set out. As you may already be aware, Mars have made a public commitment to sourcing all its cocoa through sustainably certified supply chains by 2020 – and we’re pleased that they recognise the role that Fairtrade can play in the empowerment of farmers and their organisations.

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The Bristol photo was taken on board Brunel’s SS Great Britain, where Bristol was declared a Fairtrade City in 2005. Bristol has since become one of the most successful Fairtrade cities in the world. The Lord Mayor joined representatives from many of Bristol's leading organisations on board ship to declare support for Fairtrade. Brunel’s SS Great Britain itself is a key supporter of Fairtrade, using Fairtrade products wherever possible, in the cafe and for events. The historic ship is an iconic symbol of international trade.

In the UK, where Fair Trade Towns originated there are now over 550 towns, cities, villages, islands, boroughs, counties and zones that have achieved Fairtrade status. Witney, in the constituency of UK Prime Minister David Cameron will be one of the Fair Trade Towns to declare as part of the 1,000 celebrations. In support of fairer trade David Cameron said; “I am a big supporter of the Fairtrade Foundation – it is through trade we can help people to pull themselves out of poverty and ensure farmers and other producers get a fair price for their produce. Therefore, I am delighted that Witney has gained Fairtrade status and very proud that it is the 1000th international Fairtrade town. I look forward to visiting a fair-trade market in the near future."

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On Saturday 4 June 2011 Bristol will be a part of the international event to celebrate 1,000 Fair Trade Towns worldwide. On this day at 2pm local time Fair Trade Towns and Cities across the world will declare jointly as the 1,000^th Fair Trade Towns, so in real time they will declare sequentially from east to west across different time zones. With Kumamoto, Japan declaring as the first Fair Trade Town in Asia and New Koforidua, Ghana as the first Fair Trade Town in Africa, the joint 1,000^th declarations will see the establishment of Fair Trade Towns in all six major continents.

Along with key individuals, organisations and other Fair Trade Towns, Bristol Fairtrade Network has demonstrated their support for fair trade by signing up to a policy statement that calls to ‘Make Trade Fair’. The local group have also prepared a photograph with the words ‘Make Trade Fair’ that will be displayed on the international Fair Trade Towns website and presented at the G20 meeting in Paris on 22-23^rd June, with the policy statement supporting fairer trade rules.

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